Go Beyond the Guidebook with Nat Geo Travel Favorites
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 22, 2012 
Drum rolllllllll, please! We’d like to announce the beta launch of Travel Favorites, a new tool that will help you go beyond the basic guidebook recommendations to have the most memorable trips around. Get tips for don’t-miss destinations and activities, share your own secret spots and join the conversation. The skinny: Travel favorites are places,…
Read the whole post »I Heart My City: Bryan + Dena’s Cuenca (Ecuador)
Posted by I Heart My City on February 22, 2012 
Bryan and Dena Haines sold their ad agency, their home and everything they owned that wouldn’t fit in a few bags of luggage and moved their young family to Cuenca, Ecuador (not to be confused with its namesake in Spain). Check out the Haines’ insider’s guide to this undersung highlands gem before you plan your…
Read the whole post »The Radar: 10 Reasons to Love Copenhagen, Finicky Favorites, Tips For Creating Travel Videos
Posted by Elaura Rifkin on February 22, 2012 
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Read the whole post »My Time with the Coffee King of Vietnam
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 21, 2012 
By Catherine Karnow I have been photographing Vietnam for 21 years, and returned last fall to see what had changed. I was especially interested in new wealth as there haven’t been millionaires there until the last few years. I wondered what wealth looked like in a Communist country. In Saigon I stayed with my friend…
Read the whole post »Photos: Where You Went
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 21, 2012 
Laissez les bons temps rouler! Our readers are always up to something interesting, somewhere interesting. That’s why we ask you the same question on Facebook every Friday: Where are you traveling this weekend? See photos of where you — or readers like you — went, and get inspired to plan your next trip. Want to share your…
Read the whole post »Behind the Lens: Dave Yoder at Venice Carnival
Posted by Krista Rossow on February 21, 2012 
As it’s Mardi Gras today, we thought it would be a fitting time to share this insider Q&A with travel photographer Dave Yoder (who often shoots stories for National Geographic Traveler magazine), who traveled to La Serinissima, Venice, during Carnival (Italians call it Carnevale) last year to photograph the festivities for Traveler‘s Jan/Feb feature story.…
Read the whole post »The Radar: Hiking Etiquette for the Rest of Us, All Aboard the Rocky Mountaineer, Insider Safari Tips
Posted by Elaura Rifkin on February 20, 2012 
The Radar: Top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the Web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back the next day for our daily roundup.
Read the whole post »#FriFotos: Make A Wish
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 17, 2012 
This week’s #FriFotos* theme is SPECIAL MOMENTS, and what’s more special than a child’s hope for the future? Even though it’s sappy, it’s true. That’s why we chose a photo of a family preparing to launch a wish lantern into the night’s sky to celebrate the new year in Phuket, Thailand — though it’s a…
Read the whole post »The Radar: Trekking Through Chilean Patagonia, World’s Most Interesting Hot Air Balloons, Things Not To Do in an RV
Posted by Elaura Rifkin on February 17, 2012 
The Radar: Top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the Web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back the next day for our daily roundup.
Read the whole post »Where’s Andrew? Exploring the Mexico of the Maya
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 17, 2012 
Our Digital Nomad, Andrew Evans, is on a journey to explore the most significant sites of the ancient Maya in Mexico — and finding (mis)adventures along the way. Read about how Andrew broke into a museum in Camalcalco, cracked the code of the “Maya doomsday prophecy” (it’s shorter than you’d think), and visited the place…
Read the whole post »Issue Insider: Traveler’s Mar/Apr Issue
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 16, 2012 
Curious about Cuba? This issue’s cover story, written by James Vlahos, will satisfy your craving by taking you deep inside this Caribbean hot spot and the salsa music (and dancing!) that has helped define its unique flavor over the years. Also in this issue: Far from flagging, Andrew Nelson shows how Detroit is motorin’ into…
Read the whole post »Homage to Catalonia — and Miró
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 16, 2012 
By James Conaway It’s spitting snow in Mont-roig del Camp the day I arrive, the coldest day in living memory in Catalonia. An hour and a half south of Barcelona, this one-time home of the famous painter Joan Miró is worth a day-long distraction from the sensual intensity up the coast. Joan – pronounced sho-ahn,…
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